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The most annoying and hated word/phrases of the year

Political observers may have been ambivalent about Tuesday night's House of Representatives vote to halt mandatory tax increases for all but the United
States' highest earners, extend unemployment benefits, and fend off other potentially damaging, self-imposed economic consequences.

Language lovers, however, had to be delighted, because it meant they were one step closer to never again hearing the phrase "fiscal cliff." That term
topped Lake Superior State University's annual list of banished words.

"Makes me want to throw someone over a real cliff," a poll respondent told the university.

The only word on Marist's list that would qualify as a buzzword is "Twitterverse," which 9 percent of respondents say they hated more than any other term.

To compile its list, Marist surveyed 1,246 adults over the phone from Dec. 4 to Dec. 6. Lake Superior State took nominations on its website and on Facebook and a committee selected its 38th annual list of "Words to Be Banished from the
Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness."